Twenty local football players selected for All-Star game

Twenty players from the football teams at Clarke County, Handley, James Wood, Millbrook and Sherando high schools have been selected to compete in the third annual Coaches USA All-Star Series game at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Rocktown High School in Harrisonburg.

The local products will compete for the 35-player Valley Team, which also includes players from Central, Skyline, Stonewall Jackson, Page County, East Hardy, Strasburg, Luray and Warren County. The Valley Team will go up against the Mountain Team, which will consist of players from Rocktown, Fort Defiance, Spotswood, East Rock, Broadway, Buffalo Gap, Turner Ashby, Riverheads, Wilson, Staunton, Stuarts Draft, Waynesboro, Pendleton County and Harrisonburg. Admission is free to the game.

The local participants are as follows:

Handley: WR/DB Jordan Tobar; RB/DB Hassan Akanbi; OL/DL Jaishaun Offutt; OL/DL Xavier Lee.

Clarke County: RB/DB Wyatt Palmer; TE/LB Carson Chinn; OL/DL Saia Tuivailala.

James Wood: RB/LB Vincent Salvati; RB/DB Kobe Mason; OL/DL Jordyn Sweetser; OL/DL Tyler Walter; OL/DL Kquinse Robinson.

Sherando: WR/DB Hayden LaFever; WR/DB Tucker LaFever; RB/DL Kaleb Nowlin; RB/LB James Walters; OL/DL Parker Fredman; LB Breiden “BB” Lowery; WR/DB Aiden Leatch.

Millbrook: OL/DL Ty Jahnigen.

Local cheer participants are as follows:

Clarke County: Shaen Neitz; Sophie Turner; Aubrey Beard; Catherine Macoy.

James Wood: Emily Clupp; Lily Dodson; Sophia Creadick.

Sherando: Madison Cowden; Madeline Carper.

Handley: Dane’ya Little; Haley Davis; Ariyana Brown.